Work Injuries?

[Fordracer]

It drives me ape shit when guys bring their small children inside the shop. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE FOR THEM AND MOST GROWNUPS TO BE IN.

That reminds me of something that happened at my dealership a few years before I started working here. It was in the late 70's back when Ford had the infamous drop into reverse from park recall. One of the tech's was going on vacation the next morning when his wife brought their car into the shop by his bay to check the air in the tires or somenthing like that and she had their little girl with her. A tech in the stall across the isle from him was reving up a F-150 when it went into reverse and ran over the little girl killing her. The strange thing is the truck was still in park after it ran over her. Ford took the whole truck and transmision apart and couldn't find out what caused it.

[Tony302600]

Originally Posted By: Tony302600

I was off 1 month, only got paid 2weeks vacation, and have been going to the chiropractor the past year and half at my expense. The thing that fixed me was getting outta the business.

Don't you have Workman's Comp and state disability insurance in Ill? IF that happened to me I would have gone to the clinic for evaluation and filed a workman's comp claim. If I were out that long state disability insurance would have kicked in. I also have supplemental disability insurance (no, it's not AFLAC) that insures me for the difference between what my benefits are and my insured yearly salary. Sweet. But I do hope that I never have to use it and at least if I were to be injured and be out of work I have the comfort in knowing I will not suffer financially and my family will be provided for.

If i went through all that again, i woulda taken workmans comp. I was trying to be a tough guy and said i don't need workmans comp yadda yadda. stupid of me. Oh well.

[BrunoWilimek]

Workmans Comp isn't all it's cracked up to be. I've only been on it once and found it to be sadly lacking. I went to the Dr. because my left arm and hand went numb and I could feel a tingle in my left hand every time I tipped my head back to look up. The Dr. diagnosed it as a repetitive injury caused by looking up all the time while working under vehicles. He started a workmans Comp claim on it and prescribed light duty and a neck brace, which Workmans comp paid for. I also went to a therapist for treatments whick hepled a great deal, as did time, lots of it. It took 3 years to get all the feeling back. The Dr. didn't take X-rays until the therapist wanted to know if any abnormal bone growth was present in my cervical spine. No growth showed up, so Dr.s diagnosis went out the window. Therapist diagnosed inflamation of the nerve sheath in my shoulder blade area where nerve bundle goes through the bone. Therapist initially said he would use comp claim to get paid but later didn't want hassle of paperwork and B.S. Workers Comp put him through previously(he thought they treated him like a criminal and didn't like the intrusion in his life the represented). I ended up healed after much time and all Workers comp covered was the neck brace which didn't even cost very much. The X-rays and Electromyogram were also covered, but likely OHIP would have covered them as well. "Light Duty" involved not looking up when working under a vehicle, so no loss of pay at least. I talked to a former truck tech who is a customer of ours and he was not a fan of Workers comp either. He can no longer work due to the pain in his back from spinal compression and they treated him like a criminal, even going to the extent of hiring a private detaective to follow him around to try to disprove his injury. I am sure workers comp has helped many people, but it just seems to be a lot of hassle for a little gain for many of us.